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  • 21 complector or conplector

        complector or conplector plexus, ī, dep.    [PARC-, PLEC-], to clasp, embrace, grasp: mulierem, T.: patrem: nepotes, V.: dextram euntis, V.: pedes, V.: membra lacertis, O.: inter nos: inter se, L.: Te comitem, V. — To grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose: (vitis) claviculis quicquid est nacta complectitur: amaracus illum Floribus conplectitur, V.: spatium, to include (in fortifications), Cs.: Ruris quantum aratro Conplecti posses, i. e. plough around, O.: quoad stans complecti posset, grapple, N.: dextrā hostem, V.—Fig., of sleep, to seize upon, enfold: sopor complectitur artūs, V.: me somnus.—To grasp mentally, comprehend, understand: animum cogitatione: alqd: animo: cum conplector animo, reperio, etc.: genus iudiciorum: formam animi, to consider, Ta. — To comprise, express, describe, represent, explain, include, sum up, comprehend: facta oratione: hoc uno complector omnia: causas ipsā sententiā, sum up in the motion itself.— Poet.: est talīs complexa preces, summed up her wishes in, O. — In philos., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, C.—To embrace, value, honor, care for: eum beneficio: te benevolentiā: caritate civīs, L.: cunctam rem p. res tuae gestae complexae sunt, have extended to.—To embrace, include: omnīs omnium caritates patria una complexa est: quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur.—To seize, lay hold of, take possession of: (philosophiae) vis cum est idoneam complexa naturam.

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  • 22 com-prehendō (conp-)

        com-prehendō (conp-) or comprēndō, dī, sus, ere,    to bind together, unite: eas navīs funibus, L.—To take hold of, seize, catch, grasp, apprehend: quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?: comprehendunt utrumque et orant, Cs.: comprensa manūs effugit imago, V.: forcipe linguam, O.—To include: circuitus rupis XXXII. stadia comprehendit, Cu.—To attack, seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend, capture: hunc pro moecho, T.: hostem: fures, Ct.: lictores, L.: alqm in furto: alqm in fugā, Cs.—To detect, discover: adulterium: res indicio. — Of places, to occupy, seize upon: aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt, Cs. — Of fire: ignem, to catch, Cs.: flammā comprehensā naves sunt combustae, Cs.: ignis robora comprendit, V.: avidis comprenditur ignibus agger, O.: comprehensa aedificia, L. — Fig., to take in, grasp, perceive, comprehend: opinionem mentibus: omnia animis: sensu: alqd memoriā, hold.—To comprise, express, describe, recount, narrate: breviter comprehensa sententia: alqd brevi: aliquid dictis, O.: (species) numero, to enumerate, V.: numerum, to reckon, O.—To include, bind, embrace: multos amicitiā: omnibus officiis, per patrem, totam praefecturam.

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  • 23 corripiō (conr-)

        corripiō (conr-) ripuī, reptus, ere    [com- + rapio], to seize, snatch up, grasp, collect, take hold of, arrest: quos corripi atque interfici iussit, Cs.: arcum manu, V.: fascibus conreptis, S.: me, to start up, T.: a somno corpus, V.: Flumina correptos torquentia montīs, carried away, V.—To carry off, take as plunder, snatch away: in corripiendis pecuniis: effigiem, V. — To attack, seize, catch, sweep, carry away: flamma Corripuit tabulas, V.: morbi Corpora corripiunt, V.: imber (segetes), O.—To contract, shorten: numina corripiant moras, O.—To hurry over, make haste over: viam, V.: campum, V.— To quicken: gradum. H. —Fig., to reproach, reprove, chide, blame: omnes convicio Lentuli correpti, Cs.: correptus voce magistri, H.: hunc dictis, O.: correpti consules cum percunctarentur, under this rebuke, L. — To seize upon, attack: hunc plausus Corripuit, V.: correpta cupidine, O.: militiā (i. e. militiae studio), V.: imagine visae formae, fascinated, O.

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  • 24 complector

    complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    a.
    Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

    mediam mulierem complectitur,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

    tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    viri corpus,

    Lucr. 4, 1193:

    (adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

    Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

    suum maritum,

    Ov. M. 12, 428:

    nepotes,

    Verg. A. 6, 786:

    aliquem conplexa tenere,

    Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

    dextram euntis,

    Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

    infirmis membra lacertis,

    Ov. M. 10, 407:

    genua. in supplication,

    Quint. 6, 1, 34:

    pedes alicujus,

    Luc. 10, 89.—
    (β).
    With inter se:

    nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

    Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

    conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

    Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—
    (γ).
    With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    nequeunt conplecti satis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

    contineri qum conplectar non queo,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—
    (ε).
    With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—
    b.
    In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

    (vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

    (orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    complexi terram maris,

    Ov. M. 8, 731:

    ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

    Verg. A. 1, 694:

    vestis complectens undique corpus,

    Cat. 64, 307:

    spatium,

    to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

    of ploughing around,

    Ov. M. 15, 619:

    aliquem obsidione,

    Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

    caput digitis cruentis,

    Ov. M. 3, 727:

    manibus eminentia saxa,

    Curt. 7, 11, 15:

    dexterā impendentes ramos,

    id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

    quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

    qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

    in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

    sopor fessos complectitur artus,

    Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

    me artior somnus conplexus est,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—
    B.
    To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

    aliquid cogitatione et mente,

    Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

    deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

    id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

    omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

    id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

    animo proxima quaeque meo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

    rei magnitudinem animo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

    cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

    perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

    totum genus judiciorum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

    formam animi magis quam corporis,

    to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

    aliquid memoriā,

    Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

    and without memoria,

    id. 11, 2, 36.—
    C.
    To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

    omnia alicujus facta oratione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

    omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

    id. Brut. 3, 14:

    orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

    omnia unā comprehensione,

    id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    plura semel,

    Quint. 11, 1, 66:

    pauca paucis,

    id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

    sententiam his verbis,

    id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

    sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,
    2.
    In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—
    D.
    To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

    aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

    eum beneficio,

    id. Planc. 33, 82:

    aliquem summā benevolentiā,

    id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

    hunc omni tuā comitate,

    id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

    omnes caritate cives,

    Liv. 7, 40, 3:

    aliquem artā familiaritate,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

    hominem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

    complectetur,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

    quos fortuna complexa est,

    id. Lael. 15, 54:

    philosophiam,

    id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

    artes ingenuas,

    Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

    causam eam,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

    otium,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—
    E.
    To embrace, include:

    cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

    licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

    Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—
    F.
    (Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

    (philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

    facultatem aliquam,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

    plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

    Curt. 6, 3, 4.
    ► *
    a.
    Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—
    b.
    complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

    quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

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  • 25 conplector

    complector ( conp-), plexus, 3, v. dep. (in signif. mostly coinciding with amplector), prop., to entwine around a person or thing (cf. amplector; class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    a.
    Of persons, to clasp, embrace, as an expression of affection.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    vidi et illam et hospitem Conplexum atque ausculantem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 53: adcurrit;

    mediam mulierem complectitur,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 106:

    tum ille artius puellam amplexus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    viri corpus,

    Lucr. 4, 1193:

    (adulescentem) complexus osculatusque dimiserit,

    Cic. Att. 16, 5, 2:

    suum maritum,

    Ov. M. 12, 428:

    nepotes,

    Verg. A. 6, 786:

    aliquem conplexa tenere,

    Cic. Font. 21, 47 (17, 36); cf. Stat. S. 2, 1, 121.—Of parts of the person:

    dextram euntis,

    Verg. A. 8, 558; Ov. M. 6, 494; cf. Curt. 6, 7, 8:

    infirmis membra lacertis,

    Ov. M. 10, 407:

    genua. in supplication,

    Quint. 6, 1, 34:

    pedes alicujus,

    Luc. 10, 89.—
    (β).
    With inter se:

    nosque inter nos esse conplexos,

    Cic. Div. 1, 28, 58:

    conplecti inter se lacrimantes milites coepisse,

    Liv. 7, 42, 6; Verg. A. 5, 766.—
    (γ).
    With in vicem, Quint. 7, 10, 17.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    nequeunt conplecti satis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32: Phr. Conplectere. Di. Lubens, id. Truc. 2, 4, 19:

    contineri qum conplectar non queo,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 65; id. Mil. 4, 8, 19; Prop. 1, [p. 390] 10, 5.—
    (ε).
    With cum and abl., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 134.—
    b.
    In gen., to grasp, clasp, seize, encircle, surround, compass, enclose:

    (vitis) claviculis suis quasi manibus quicquid est nacta complectitur,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52:

    (orbis caelestis) extimus, qui reliquos omnis complectitur,

    id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

    complexi terram maris,

    Ov. M. 8, 731:

    ubi mollis amaracus illum (Ascanium) Floribus et dulci conplectitur umbrā,

    Verg. A. 1, 694:

    vestis complectens undique corpus,

    Cat. 64, 307:

    spatium,

    to mark out around for military purposes, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Auct. B. G. 8, 74; cf.

    of ploughing around,

    Ov. M. 15, 619:

    aliquem obsidione,

    Vell. 2, 51, 1 et saep.:

    caput digitis cruentis,

    Ov. M. 3, 727:

    manibus eminentia saxa,

    Curt. 7, 11, 15:

    dexterā impendentes ramos,

    id. 9, 5, 13.—Of grasping an adversary in fight:

    quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 4:

    qui cum inter se complexi in terram ex equis decidissent... non prius distracti sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret,

    in contention, id. Eum. 4, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of sleep, to seize upon, enfold:

    sopor fessos complectitur artus,

    Verg. A. 2, 253; cf.:

    me artior somnus conplexus est,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10.—
    B.
    To embrace something intellectually as a whole, to comprehend, understand:

    aliquid cogitatione et mente,

    Cic. Or. 2, 8; cf. id. Fam. 5, 17, 4:

    deum et divinum animum cogitatione,

    id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51:

    omne caelum totamque cum universo mari terram mente,

    id. Fin. 2, 34, 112; cf. Quint. 12, 1, 25; 12, 2, 17:

    animo proxima quaeque meo,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 70:

    rei magnitudinem animo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 5, 19; Quint. 10, 6, 3; 10, 6, 6 al.; cf. without acc.:

    cum conplector animo, quattuor reperio causas, etc.,

    Cic. Sen. 5, 15.—Without mente, animo, etc.:

    perficies ut ego ista innumerabilia complectens nusquam labar?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 114:

    totum genus judiciorum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 12, § 32:

    formam animi magis quam corporis,

    to consider, Tac. Agr. 46:

    aliquid memoriā,

    Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Quint. 2, 7, 3;

    and without memoria,

    id. 11, 2, 36.—
    C.
    To comprehend a multitude of objects in discourse or in a written representation, to comprise, express, describe, represent, explain; with acc. and abl. or adv.:

    omnia alicujus facta oratione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

    omnium rerum memoriam breviter libro,

    id. Brut. 3, 14:

    orator autem sic illigat sententiam verbis, ut eam numero quodam complectatur et astricto et soluto,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 175:

    omnia unā comprehensione,

    id. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    plura semel,

    Quint. 11, 1, 66:

    pauca paucis,

    id. 8, 3, 82; cf. id. 7, 3, 29:

    sententiam his verbis,

    id. 3, 6, 13.—Esp. with sententiā, to sum up in a formal vote or decree (of speeches in the Senate): causas complectar ipsā sententiā, in the motion or decree itself, Cic. Phil. 14, 11, 29:

    sed ut aliquando sententiā complectar, ita censeo,

    id. ib. 14, 14, 36.—Hence,
    2.
    In philos. lang., to draw a conclusion, make an inference, Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; Auct. Her. 2, 29, 47; cf. complexio.—
    D.
    To embrace from love, to love, value, honor; to be addicted to, to care for; with acc. and abl.:

    aliquem honoribus et beneficiis suis,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

    eum beneficio,

    id. Planc. 33, 82:

    aliquem summā benevolentiā,

    id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

    hunc omni tuā comitate,

    id. ib. 7, 5, 3:

    omnes caritate cives,

    Liv. 7, 40, 3:

    aliquem artā familiaritate,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 5 al. — Without abl.:

    hominem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 4. — Absol.: da te homini;

    complectetur,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2:

    quos fortuna complexa est,

    id. Lael. 15, 54:

    philosophiam,

    id. Brut. 93, 322; cf.:

    artes ingenuas,

    Ov. P. 1, 6, 9:

    causam eam,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3:

    otium,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 1.—
    E.
    To embrace, include:

    cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnis omnium caritates patria una complexa est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 87:

    licet haec omnia complectatur eversio,

    Quint. 8, 3, 69; 2, 15, 13.—
    F.
    (Causa pro effectu.) To take into possession, to seize, lay hold of, to make one ' s self master of (rare):

    (philosophiae) vis valet multum, cum est idoneam complexa naturam,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

    facultatem aliquam,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 5; Liv. 44, 1, 12:

    plures provincias complexus sum quam alii urbes ceperunt,

    Curt. 6, 3, 4.
    ► *
    a.
    Act. collat form complecto, ĕre: quando convenit complectite, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 472 fin.; cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.—
    b.
    complector, ti, in pass. signif.: invidiosā fortunā complecti, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.:

    quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37 (but in Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40, and id. Fin. 3, 12, 41, the best read. is completur).

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  • 26 inruo

    irrŭo ( inr-), rŭi, 3, v. n. [in-ruo], to rush or force one ' s way into, invade, press into, make an attack upon.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ilico equites jubet dexterā inruere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 88 (dub.;

    Ussing, inducere): quam mox inruimus?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 18:

    irruimus ferro,

    Verg. A. 3, 222:

    in aedis alienas,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 8:

    in mediam aciem,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

    in aliquem,

    id. Dom. 45:

    super collum alicujus,

    to embrace eagerly, Vulg. Gen. 46, 29:

    super gladium suum,

    id. 1 Par. 10, 4.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    flammis,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 194.—
    (γ).
    With acc.:

    proximos agros,

    Front. 1, 5, 16:

    Rhodopen,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 50:

    Alpes,

    id. Epigr. 77, 5:

    has terras, of waters,

    Amm. 17, 13, 4.—
    (δ).
    With se:

    vide ne ille huc prorsus se irruat,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 11.—
    II.
    Trop., to force one ' s way into, rush into, enter eagerly into or upon, seize upon:

    in alienas possessiones,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 41:

    verecunda debet esse translatio, ut deducta esse in alienum locum, non irruisse videatur,

    id. ib. 3, 41, 165:

    in odium alicujus et offensionem,

    to incur, id. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

    inruente in se Spiritu Dei,

    Vulg. Num. 24, 2:

    permulta sunt circumspicienda, ne quid offendas, ne quo irruas,

    make a hasty blunder in speaking, Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 301.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    cladibus,

    Luc. 7, 60.

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  • 27 irruo

    irrŭo ( inr-), rŭi, 3, v. n. [in-ruo], to rush or force one ' s way into, invade, press into, make an attack upon.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ilico equites jubet dexterā inruere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 88 (dub.;

    Ussing, inducere): quam mox inruimus?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 18:

    irruimus ferro,

    Verg. A. 3, 222:

    in aedis alienas,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 8:

    in mediam aciem,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

    in aliquem,

    id. Dom. 45:

    super collum alicujus,

    to embrace eagerly, Vulg. Gen. 46, 29:

    super gladium suum,

    id. 1 Par. 10, 4.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    flammis,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 194.—
    (γ).
    With acc.:

    proximos agros,

    Front. 1, 5, 16:

    Rhodopen,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 50:

    Alpes,

    id. Epigr. 77, 5:

    has terras, of waters,

    Amm. 17, 13, 4.—
    (δ).
    With se:

    vide ne ille huc prorsus se irruat,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 11.—
    II.
    Trop., to force one ' s way into, rush into, enter eagerly into or upon, seize upon:

    in alienas possessiones,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 41:

    verecunda debet esse translatio, ut deducta esse in alienum locum, non irruisse videatur,

    id. ib. 3, 41, 165:

    in odium alicujus et offensionem,

    to incur, id. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

    inruente in se Spiritu Dei,

    Vulg. Num. 24, 2:

    permulta sunt circumspicienda, ne quid offendas, ne quo irruas,

    make a hasty blunder in speaking, Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 301.—
    (β).
    With dat.:

    cladibus,

    Luc. 7, 60.

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  • 28 contingō

        contingō tigī, tāctus, ere    [com-+tango], to touch, reach, take hold of, seize: divae vittas, V.: taurum, O.: dextras consulum (in greeting), L.: cibum rostris: funem manu, V.: terram osculo, L.: me igni, scorch, V.: (nummos) velut sacrum, to meddle with, H.: ut neque inter se contingant trabes, Cs.: ut contingant (milites) inter se, stand close together, Cs.: granum, i. e. taste, H.: aquas, O.— To touch, adjoin, border on, reach, extend to: ripas, Cs.: turri contingente vallum, Cs.: agrum, L.: ripae fluminis, Cs.—To reach, attain, come to, arrive at, meet with, strike: metam cursu, H.: Ephyren pennis, O.: Italiam, V.: auras, to come into the air, O.: avem ferro, to hit, V.: aurīs fando, with acc. and inf., O. — Fig., to touch, seize upon, affect: quos publica contingebat cura, L.: contacti artūs, seized (by disease), V.: quam me libido Contigit! I felt, O. — To be connected with, be related to, touch, concern: tam foede interemptos amicitiā, L.: sanguine caelum, Iu.: deos propius, have more ready access to, H.: haec consultatio Romanos nihil contingit, concerns not, L.—To pollute, stain, defile, infest, taint, corrupt (mostly P. perf.): (Gallos) contactos eo scelere, L.: contacta civitas rabie iuvenum, L.: (equi) nullo mortali opere contacti, Ta.: labellis Pocula, Iu. — To attain, reach, arrive at: naturam sui similem.—To happen, befall, fall out, come, take place, turn out, come to pass, occur: tot propter me gaudia illi contigisse laetor, T.: si hoc contigit nemini: quam rem paucis contigisse docebat, Cs.: quod ei merito contigit: cui Omnia contigerant, O.: Quod satis est cui contigit, H.: speciosae (opes) contigerant, he had a respectable fortune, Ta.: ubi quid melius contingit, H.: celeriter antecellere omnibus contigit: Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum, has the luck, H.: Iovis esse nepoti Contigit haud uni, O.: utinam Caesari contigisset, ut esset, etc.

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  • 29 dē-prehendō or dēprēndō (-praendō）

       dē-prehendō or dēprēndō (-praendō） dī, sus, ere,    to take away, seize upon, catch, snatch: deprehensus ex itinere Magius, Cs.: comitatūs in ponte, S.: litterae deprehensae, intercepted, L.: navīs, to seize, Cs.: Argolico mari deprensus, i. e. storm-stayed, V.: Deprensis statio tutissima nautis, V.: in aequore navem (Auster), O.—To catch, overtake, surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discover: deprehendi in manifesto scelere: sine duce deprehensis hostibus, Cs.: Deprendi miserum est, H.: qui, cum venenum dare vellet, deprehensus est: factum: facinora: (venenum) datum, L.: Agricola nuntio deprehensus, surprised, Ta.—To confine, catch, bring into a strait: flamina Cum deprensa fremunt silvis, i. e. confined, V.: viae deprensus in aggere serpens, V.—Fig., to comprehend, perceive, understand, detect, discover, discern, observe: res magnas in minimis rebus: alcuius facinora oculis, opinione: quid si me stultior ipso deprenderis? H.: In feris deprensa potentia morbi, O.—To bring into a strait, embarrass: deprehensum me plane video: se deprehensum negare.

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  • 30 prae-occupō

        prae-occupō āvī, ātus, āre,    to seize upon beforehand, preoccupy: Macedoniam, N.: opportuna loca, L.: praeoccupatum sese legatione ab Cn. Pompeio, Cs.—Fig., to seize in advance, preoccupy: animos timor praeoccupaverat, Cs.: praeoccupati beneficio animi, i. e. won over beforehand, L.—To anticipate, prevent: ad praeoccupanda Andranodori consilia, L.: ne alteruter alterum praeoccuparet, N.: legem ferre, hasten to bring the bill sooner before the people, L.

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  • 31 apiscor

    ăpiscor, aptus, 3, v. dep. [apo] (class., but more rare than the compd. adipiscor; in the post-Aug. per. most freq. in Tac.), orig., to reach after something, in order to take, seize, or get possession of it (syn.: peto, sequor, adquiro, attingo); hence, in gen.,
    I.
    To pursue ( with effort, zeal, etc.):

    sine me hominem apisci,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 3.—And as the result of the pursuit,
    II.
    To take, seize upon:

    etenim nullo cessabant tempore apisci Ex aliis alios avidi contagia morbi,

    Lucr. 6, 1235.—
    III.
    To reach, attain to, get, gain, acquire ( by effort, trouble, etc.; cf. adipiscor), both lit. and trop.: quod ego objectans vitam bellando aptus sum, Pac. ap. Non. p. 234, 25:

    hereditatem,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 8: cupere aliquid apisci, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 74, 30; so id. ib. p. 74, 23: aliquem, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 68, 25:

    maris apiscendi causā,

    Cic. Att. 8, 14 fin.: laudem, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5 fin.:

    aliquid animus praegestit apisci,

    Cat. 64, 145:

    spes apiscendi summi honoris,

    Liv. 4, 3:

    jus,

    Tac. A. 6, 3:

    summa apiscendi libido,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    qui id flaminum apisceretur,

    id. ib. 4, 16:

    apiscendae potentiae properi,

    id. ib. 4, 59:

    cujus (artis) apiscendae otium habuit,

    id. ib. 6, 26 al.— Once in Tacitus with gen. like the Gr. tunchanein tinos: dominationis, A. 6, 45.— Poet., to reach something in mind, i. e. to perceive, understand:

    Nec ratione animi quam quisquam possit apisci,

    Lucr. 1, 448.
    ► Apiscendus, pass.
    , Manil. 3, 145; Tac. A. 3, 31; 13, 20 al.; cf. adipiscor.

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  • 32 praeoccupo

    prae-occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (class., but not in Cic., since praecepit is the true read., Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 2).
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    hic ne intrare posset saltum, Datames praeoccupare studuit,

    Nep. Dat. 7, 2:

    Macedoniam,

    id. Eum. 2, 4:

    loca opportuna,

    Liv. 44, 3; 35, 28; 42, 47:

    iter,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 13:

    Asiam,

    Vell. 2, 69, 2; cf.:

    praeoccupatum sese legatione ab Cn. Pompeio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17.—
    B.
    To take, catch, detect, seize in an act:

    si praeoccupatus fuerit homo in delicto,

    Vulg. Gal. 6, 1.—
    C.
    Trop.:

    animos timor praeoccupaverat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 41, 3:

    hilaritas praeoccupaverat mentes,

    Petr. 113:

    praeoccupati beneficio animi,

    i. e. won over beforehand, Liv. 6, 20, 10:

    aures,

    id. 38, 10.—
    II.
    To anticipate, prevent:

    ne alter alterum praeoccuparet,

    Nep. Dion, 4, 1.—With obj.clause (like the simpler occupare):

    legem de multarum aestimatione ipsi praeoccupaverunt ferre,

    hastened to bring the bill sooner before the people, Liv. 4, 30, 3.

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  • 33 albus

    albus, a, um, adj. [cf. Umbr. alfu and Sab. alpus = white; alphos = white rash; O. H. Germ. Elbiz = a swan; to this have been referred also Alba Longa, Albunea, Alpes from their snowy summits (Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.), Albion from its chalky cliffs, Alpheios, and Albis = Elbe], white (properly dead white, not shining; e. g. hair, complexion, garments, etc., opp. ater, black that is without lustre; while candidus denotes a glistening, dazzling white, opp. niger, shining black.—Hence, trop., albus and ater, a symbol of good or ill fortune; on the other hand, candidus and niger of moral worth or unworthiness; cf. Doed. Syn. III. 193 sq.—So Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82: aliud est candidum, i. e. quādam nitenti luce perfusum esse; aliud album, quod pallori constat esse vicinum; cf. Verg. E. 7, 38: Candidior cycnis, hederā formosior albā, with id. ib. 3, 39: diffusos hederā vestit pallente corymbos; but this distinction is freq. disregarded by the poets).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    barba,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15:

    corpus,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 115:

    color albus praecipue decorus deo est, maxime in textili,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: albus calculus, the small white stone used in voting, as a sign of acceding to the opinion of any one, or of the acquittal of one who is under accusation (opp. ater calculus;

    v. calculus).— Hence, trop.: alicui rei album calculum adicere,

    to allow, approve of, authorize, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5.—In Enn. an epithet of the sun and moon: sol, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 92 Vahl.): jubar Hyperionis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P. (Ann. v. 547 ib.).—The following are examples of the opposition of albus and niger (instead of ater) as exceptions to the gen. rule; so always in Lucr. (who also uses albus and candidus or candens promiscuously), 2, 810; 822 sqq.; 731 sq.; 790; 767-771. Once in Cic.: quae alba sint, quae nigra dicere, Div. 2, 3; so Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Ov. M. 2, 541; cf. with id. ib. 2, 534 and 535; also id. ib. 12, 403; 15, 46; id. H. 15, 37 al.:

    albi et nigri velleris,

    Vulg. Gen. 30, 35:

    non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,

    ib. Matt. 5, 36.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Pale, from sickness, terror, care, and the like:

    aquosus albo Corpore languor, of dropsical persons,

    Hor. C. 2, 2, 15:

    pallor,

    id. Epod. 7, 15:

    vivat et urbanis albus in officiis,

    pale from the cares of his public office, Mart. 1, 56 fin. et saep. —
    2.
    Of clothing, white: alba decent Cererem;

    vestes Cerealibus albas Sumite,

    Ov. F. 4, 619:

    vidit duos Angelos in albis,

    Vulg. Joan. 20, 12; ib. Apoc. 3, 4.—Hence, poet. transf. to the person, clothed in white, Hor. S. 1, 2, 36: pedibus qui venerat albis, who had come with white feet, i. e. marked with chalk, as for sale, Juv. 1, 111 (cf. gypsatus and also Plin. 35, 17, 58, §§ 199-201; Mayor ad 1. 1.).—
    3.
    Prov. phrases.
    a.
    Dentibus albis deridere, to deride one by laughing so as to show the teeth, for to deride much, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48 (cf. id. Capt. 3, 1, 26).—
    b.
    Albus an ater sit, nescio or non curo, I know not, care not whether he is white or black, i. e. he is entirely indifferent to me:

    vide, quam te amārit is, qui albus aterve fueris ignorans, fratris filium praeteriit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 16:

    unde illa scivit, ater an albus nascerer,

    Phaedr. 3, 15, 10; Cat. 93, 2; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 38.—
    c.
    Albo rete aliquid oppugnare, to attack or seize upon something with a white net, i. e. in a delicate, skilful manner:

    qui hic albo rete aliena oppugnant bona,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 22 (so the passage seems to be more simply explained than acc. to the opinion of Gron.: qui albo (by the register of the prætor) tamquam rete, which omission of the tamquam is a Horatian, but not a Plautinian idiom). —
    d.
    Albā lineā aliquid signare, to make a white line upon a white ground, i. e. to make no distinction: et amabat omnes, nam ut discrimen non facit... signat linea alba, Lucil. ap. Non. 282, 28 (where the common editions have neque before signare, which gives the expression a directly opposite sense): albā, ut dicitur, lineā sine curā discriminis convertebant, Gell. praef. 11.—
    * e.
    Alba avis, a white sparrow, for something rare, uncommon, strange:

    quasi avem albam videntur bene sentientem civem videre,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 28 (quasi novum quiddam; proverbium ex eo natum, quia rarae aves albae, Manut. ad h. 1.).—
    * f.
    Filius albae gallinae, fortune's favorite child, Juv. 13, 141, prob. an allusion to the miracle that happened to Livia in regard to a white hen, v. Plin. 15, 30, 40; Suet. Galb. 1 (Ruperti ad h. 1, refers this expression to the unfruitfulness of a white hen, and conpares Col. R. R. 8, 2, 7).—
    * g.
    Equis albis praecurrere aliquem, to excel, surpass one, Hor. S. 1, 7, 8 (the figure being drawn from the white horses attached to a triumphal chariot; cf. Suet. Ner. 25; id. Dom. 2).—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Favorable, fortunate, propitious:

    simul alba nautis Stella refulsit,

    i. e. the twin-star Castor, favorable to sailors, Hor. C. 1, 12, 27:

    dies,

    Sil. 15, 53:

    sint omnia protinus alba,

    Pers. 1, 110.—
    B.
    Poet. and act., of the wind, making clear or bright, dispersing the clouds; hence, dry:

    Notus,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 15 (as a transl. of the Gr. leukonotos):

    iapyx,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 19 (cf.:

    clarus aquilo,

    Verg. G. 1, 460).—Whence,
    III.
    album, i, n., whiteness.
    A.
    White color, white:

    maculis insignis et albo,

    Verg. G. 3, 56;

    sparsis pellibus albo,

    id. E. 2, 41:

    columnas polire albo,

    to make white, whiten, Liv. 40, 51.—Hence,
    2.
    Esp.,
    a.
    The white of the eye:

    oculorum,

    Cels. 2, 6; so id. 7, 7, n. 6 and 12.—
    b.
    The white of an egg:

    ovi,

    Cels. 6, 6, n. 7.—
    c.
    In Col. 6, 17, 7, a white spot on the eye, i. e. a disease of it, = albugo.—
    B.
    In the lang. of polit. life, a white tablet, on which any thing is inscribed (like leukôma in Gr.).
    1.
    The tablets on which the Pontifex Maximus registered the principal events of the year, the Annales maximi (v. annales): in album referre, to enter or record in, Cic. de Or. 2, 12, 52; Liv. 1, 32, 2.—
    2.
    The tablets of the prœtor, on which his edicts were written, and which were posted up in some public place, Paul. Sent. l. 1, t. 14.—Hence, sedere ad album, to be employed with the edicts of the prœtor, Sen. Ep. 48:

    se ad album transferre,

    Quint. 12, 3, 11 Spald.—
    3.
    Esp., a list of names, a register, e. g. Album senatorium, the tablet on which the names of the senators were enrolled, the roll, register, which, by the order of Augustus, was to be posted up annually in the senate-house, Diom. 55, 3, and Fragm. 137:

    aliquem albo senatorio eradere,

    Tac. A. 4, 42 fin. —Also, the list of the judges chosen by the quœstors:

    aliquem albo judicum eradere,

    Suet. Claud. 16; so id. Dom. 8.—And transf. to other catalogues of names:

    citharoedorum,

    Suet. Ner. 21.

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  • 34 hauriō

        hauriō hausī, haustus (p. fut. hausūrus, V.), īre    [HAVS-], to draw up, draw out, draw: hausta aqua de puteo: palmis hausta duabus aqua, O.: aquam, H.: de dolio sibi hauriendum putet?— Prov.: tu quidem de faece hauris, i. e. draw from the dregs, i. e. take the worst.—To drain, drink up, spill, shed: totiens haustus crater, O.: spumantem pateram, V.: ad meum sanguinem hauriendum advolaverunt: cruorem, O.: hauriendus aut dandus est sanguis, L.: alveus haurit aquas, draws in, O.: inimicus et hauserit ensis (i. e. their blood), V.— To tear up, pluck out, draw out, take, swallow, devour, consume, exhaust: terra hausta, O.: pectora ferro, O.: huic gladio latus, V.: inguina ictu, L.: latus eius gladio, Cu.: lumen, pluck out, O.: cineres haustos, i. e. scraped up, O.: hausto spargit me pulvere palmis, gathered, O.: sumptum ex aerario, draw: quos (servos) lacus haurit, engulfs, Ta.: ex parvo (acervo) tantundem, etc., H.: suspiratūs, fetching a deep sigh, O.—Fig., to drink in, take eagerly, seize upon, imbibe, exhaust: oculis ignem, feast on, V.: auras, V.: lucem, enjoy the light, V.: dicta auribus, O.: oculis gaudium, L.: Pectore ignes, imbibes, O.: sol orbem Hauserat, i. e. had traversed V.: Cum haurit Corda pavor, exhausts, V.— To draw, borrow, take, drink in, derive: illa ex quo fonte hauriam: eodem fonte haurire laudes suas: (legem) ex naturā ipsā: libertatem sitiens hausit: calamitates: unde laboris Plus haurire est, H.: sine hoc animo hauri, be taken to heart, V.: meram libertatem, revel in, L.: studium philosophiae, Ta.
    * * *
    haurire, hausi, haustus V
    draw up/out; drink, swallow, drain, exhaust

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  • 35 adprehendo

    adprehendere, adprehendi, adprehensus V TRANS
    seize (upon), grasp, cling to, lay hold of; apprehend; embrace; overtake

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  • 36 adprendo

    adprendere, adprendi, adprensus V TRANS
    seize (upon), grasp, cling to, lay hold of; apprehend; embrace; overtake

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  • 37 apprehendo

    apprehendere, apprehendi, apprehensus V TRANS
    seize (upon), grasp, cling to, lay hold of; apprehend; embrace; overtake

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  • 38 apprendo

    apprendere, apprendi, apprensus V TRANS
    seize (upon), grasp, cling to, lay hold of; apprehend; embrace; overtake

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  • 39 praeoccupo

    praeoccupare, praeoccupavi, praeoccupatus V
    seize upon beforehand; anticipate

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  • 40 aura

    aura, ae ( gen. sing. aurāï, Verg. A. 6, 747; v. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 11; also, auras, like familias, custodias, terras, etc.; Servius gives this in Verg. A. 11, 801; still all the MSS. give aurae, and so Rib.), f., = aura [AÔ, auô, to blow].
    I.
    The air, as in gentle motion, a gentle breeze, a breath of air (syn.:

    aër, ventus, spiritus): agitatus aër auram facit,

    Isid. Orig. 13, 11, 17: semper aër spiritu aliquo movetur;

    frequentius tamen auras quam ventos habet,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5:

    flatus, qui non aura, non procella, sed venti sunt,

    Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116:

    et me... nunc omnes terrent aurae,

    now every breeze terrifies me, Verg. A. 2, 728:

    Concutiat tenerum quaelibet aura,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 650.— Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., a breeze, a wind (even when violent):

    Et reserata viget genitabilis aura Favoni,

    Lucr. 1, 11; cf.: Aura parit flores tepidi fecunda Favoni. Cat. 64, 282:

    omnes, Aspice, ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

    Verg. E. 9, 58:

    aurae Vela vocant,

    id. A. 3, 356:

    aura post meridiem,

    Vulg. Gen. 3, 8:

    aura tenuis,

    ib. 3 Reg. 19, 12:

    lenis, ib. Job, 4, 16: petulans,

    Lucr. 6, 111:

    ignarae,

    brutish, Cat. 64, 164, ubi v. Ellis:

    rapida,

    Ov. M. 3, 209:

    stridens,

    Val. Fl. 2, 586:

    violentior,

    Stat. Th. 6, 157:

    aurae flatus,

    Vulg. Act. 27, 40:

    omnes eos tollet aura,

    ib. Isa. 57, 13 et saep.—Also breath:

    flammas exsuscitat aura,

    Ov. F. 5, 507.—
    B.
    Trop.: dum flavit velis aura secunda meis, while a favorable breeze breathed on my sails, i. e. so long as I was in prosperity, Ov. P. 2, 3, 26:

    totam opinionem parva non numquam commutat aura rumoris,

    Cic. Mur. 17:

    tenuis famae aura,

    Verg. A. 7, 646:

    quem neque periculi tempestas neque honoris aura potuit umquam de suo cursu aut spe aut metu demovere,

    Cic. Sest. 47 fin.:

    levi aurā spei objectā,

    Liv. 42, 39, 1:

    sperat sibi auram posse aliquam adflari in hoc crimine voluntatis defensionisque eorum, quibus, etc.,

    token of favor, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 13:

    nescius aurae (sc. amoris) Fallacis,

    Hor. C. 1, 5, 11:

    incerta Cupidinis aura,

    Ov. Am. 2, 9, 33.—Hence freq. aura popularis, the popular breeze, popular favor, Cic. Har. Resp. 20 fin.; Liv. 3, 33, 7; 30, 45, 6 al.; Hor. C. 3, 2, 20; Quint. 11, 1, 45 (cf.:

    ventus popularis,

    Cic. Clu. 47, 130); so,

    aura favoris popularis,

    Liv. 22, 26, 4.—Also in plur.:

    nimium gaudens popularibus auris,

    Verg. A. 6, 816; and absol.:

    adliciendo ad se plebem jam aurā non consilio ferri,

    Liv. 6, 11, 7.—
    C.
    1.. The air (mostly poet. and plur.):

    cum Nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras,

    Lucr. 6, 190:

    Tenvis enim quaedam moribundos deserit aura,

    id. 3, 232:

    Aurarumque leves animae calidique vapores,

    id. 5, 236:

    (anima) discedit in auras,

    id. 3, 400; 6, 1129 et saep.—Hence, aurae aëris or aëriae aurae freq. in Lucr.: (res) Aëris in teneras possint proferrier auras, 1, 207; 1, 783; 1, 801; 1, 803; 1, 1087; 2, 203; 3, 456; 3, 570; 3, 591;

    4, 693: liquidissimus aether Atque levissimus aërias super influit auras,

    id. 5, 501; 1, 771; 4, 933:

    Nulla nec aërias volucris perlabitur auras,

    Tib. 4, 1, 127:

    Qui tamen aërias telum contorsit in auras,

    Verg. A. 5, 520.—
    2.
    Esp., the vital air:

    Vivit et aetherias vitalīs suscipit auras,

    breathes a breath of ethereal air, Lucr. 3, 405;

    imitated by Verg.: haud invisus caelestibus auras Vitales carpis, A. 1, 387: vesci vitalibus auris, i. e. vivere,

    Lucr. 5, 857; imitated by Verg., A. 1, 546, and 3, 339; so,

    haurire auram communem,

    Quint. 6, prooem. §

    12: captare naribus auras,

    to snuff the air, Verg. G. 1, 376.— Trop.: libertatis auram captare, to catch at the air of freedom, i. e. to seize upon any hope of liberty, Liv 3, 37, 1.—
    3.
    Meton.
    a.
    The upper air, Heaven, on high:

    assurgere in auras,

    Verg. G. 3, 109; so id. A. 4, 176:

    dum se laetus ad auras Palmes agit,

    id. G. 2, 363:

    ad auras Aetherias tendit,

    id. ib. 2, 291; so id. A. 4, 445: stat ferrea turris ad auras, poet. for ad alta, rises high, id. ib. 6, 554: Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos, id. ib. 3, 422; 7, 466; 2, 759; 5, 427 al.; cf. Wagner, Quaest. Verg. X. 1.—
    b.
    In opp. to the lower world, the upper world (cf. aether, I. B. 3.):

    Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras,

    Verg. G. 4, 486; so id. A. 6, 128:

    Ortygiam, quae me superas eduxit prima sub auras,

    Ov. M. 5, 641; 10, 11 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 481: ad superos);

    so of childbirth: pondus in auras expulit,

    Ov. M. 9, 704.—In gen. for publicity, daylight:

    ferre sub auras,

    i. e. to make known, Verg. A. 2, 158:

    reddere ad auras,

    to restore, id. ib. 2, 259: fugere auras, to seclude or hide one ' s self, id. ib. 4, 388.—
    D.
    Transf. to other atmospheric objects which exert an influence on bodies, as light, heat, sound, vapor, etc.
    1.
    A bright light, a gleam, glittering (cf. phaeos aütmê, Callim. Hymn. Dian. 117):

    discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit,

    Verg. A. 6, 204 (splendor auri, Serv.).—
    2.
    The warmth of sunlight: solis calidior visa est aura, Varr. ap. Non. p. 275, 25.—
    3.
    Sound, tone, voice, echo:

    Si modo damnatum revocaverit aura puellae,

    Prop. 3, 23, 15:

    at illi Nomen ab extremis fontibus aura refert,

    id. 1, 20, 50.—
    4.
    Vapor, mist, odor, exhalation:

    inolentis olivi Naturam, nullam quae mittat naribus auram,

    Lucr. 2, 851:

    at illi Dulcis compositis spiravit crinibus aura,

    a sweet odor exhaled, Verg. G. 4, 417; so Mart. 3, 65; Val. Fl. 5, 589; cf. Heins. ad Ov. M. 15, 394:

    si tantum notas odor attulit auras,

    Verg. G. 3, 251:

    pingues ab ovilibus aurae,

    Stat. Th. 10, 46.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aura

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